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Launch Complex 26B
A launch pad at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.6 launches have flown from it since August 1959, 2 of 6 successfully.
Launches
6
Success rate
33.3% 2/6
Failures
4
First flight
1959-08-15
Latest flight
1961-05-24
Busiest year
1961 3 flights
Fastest turnaround
27d 5h 31m
Location
Pad record
- Coordinates
- 28.4433° N
80.5712° W - Status
- Active
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- United States
- Pad operator
- United States Air Force
- LL2 pad tally
- 6 upstream count
- Reference
- Wikipedia
Vehicles flown
1 typeLaunches per year
decided flights1959Peak 1961, 3 launches1961
Orbits delivered
2 destinationsMedium Earth Orbit 2Low Earth Orbit 1
Flight record
6 flights| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961-05-24 | Juno II | S-45A | Juno II | – | – | Failure |
| 1961-04-27 | Juno II | Explorer 11 | Juno II | – | – | Success |
| 1961-02-25 | Juno II | S-45 | Juno II | – | – | Failure |
| 1960-11-03 | Juno II | Explorer 8 | Juno II | – | Medium Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1960-03-23 | Juno II | NASA S-46 | Juno II | – | Medium Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1959-08-15 | Juno II | Beacon | Juno II | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.